Gabriel Narutowicz

Gabriel Narutowicz (17 March 1865-16 December 1922) was President of Poland from 11 to 16 December 1922, succeeding Jozef Pilsudski and preceding Stanislaw Wojciechowski.

Biography
Gabriel Narutowicz was born on 17 March 1865 in Telsze, Vilna Governorate, Russian Empire (present-day Telsiai, Samogitia, Lithuania). Narutowicz was born to a Polish-Lithuanian noble family, and his brother Stanislaw Narutowicz became a citizen of Lithuania after independence in 1918. He joined the Polish Socialist Party and became Minister of Public Works under Wladyslaw Grabski, and in 1922 he was elected President of Poland. Opponents to this election blocked the streets and threw mud at his motorcade, as they opposed his leftist view on politics. On 16 December 1922, Narutowicz was killed by painter Eligiusz Niewiadomski, a far-right assassin, while viewing an art gallery.